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midlian

(v.)
Grammar
midlian, p. ode

To bridlecurbrestrain

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To bridle, curb, restrain Forðæm is sió tunge gemetlíce tó midliganne (midlianne, Cot. MSS.) lingua itaque discrete frenanda est, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 275, 11

stán-ceastel

(n.)
Grammar
stán-ceastel, -cistel, es; m.
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A chestnut-tree Ðonon súðrihte wið ðara stánceastla, and ðonne of ðǽm stánceastlum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 172, 16. On ðane stáncistel, iii. 434, 33

Linked entries: ceastel cistel

sunn-sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-sceadu, we or e; f.
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Voc. i. 238, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 6

flyge

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Mid þan þe se strǽl on flyge wæs, þá cóm windes blǽd foran ongeán, ꝥ seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, Bl. H. 199, 20. Add

hors-elene

(n.)
Grammar
hors-elene, -helene, an;

Elecampane;inula helenium,

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Elecampane; inula helenium, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. Horshelene helena, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 68; Wrt. Voc. 32, 4. Horselene, Wrt. Voc. 79, 42

cóþu

Grammar
cóþu, l. coþu,
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and add Hreóflige hé geclǽnsode fram ðǽreunclǽnan coðe, Hml. S. 15, 6. Fram earmlicere coðe, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 3. Coða becumað erunt pestilentiae, 538, 29. Wurdon gehǽlede mettrume menn fram mislicum coþum, Hml. S. 26, 193: 27, 131.

be-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽd [be- dis-, rǽdan to possess]

To dispossessdeprive ofprivare

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Earnulf hine berǽdde æt ðam ríce Arnulf deprived him of the kingdom Chr. 887; Th. 156, 32, col. 1; 33, col. 2, 3 : Bt. titl. 1; Fox x. 3

Frysisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Frysisc, Fresisc; adj.

Of or belonging to FrieslandFrisianFrīsĭcus

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Ðǽr wearþ ofslegen Lucuman, and ealra manna, Frysiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucuman, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, 897; Th. 176, 34, col. 2; 177. 34

Linked entry: Fresisc

ær

(n.)
Grammar
ær, es; m. [ær = ear, q. v.]

OceanThe waves of the ocean

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The waves of the ocean Ofer æra gebland over the mingling of the waves, Chr. 937; Th. i. 202, 38, col. 1

án-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-íge, -ígge; adj.

One-eyed

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Cot. 122. Gif he hí gedó ánígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25

Linked entries: án-eága ǽn-íge

a-ýtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ýtan, p. -ýtte; pp. -ýted [a from, ýtan = -utian to out]

To expeldrive outexpellere

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To expel, drive out; expellere He ðá a-ýtte ða Swegen út he then drove Sweyn out, Chr. 1047 ; Th. 304, 4, col. 2

hyrel

(n.)
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Andlang ðære fyrh ðæt hit cymþ tó hyrel; ðonne þwyres ofer hyrel on ða furh ofer clǽnan dúne, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 435, 9

land-gewyrpe

(n.)
Grammar
land-gewyrpe, es; n.
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Andlang ðare landgewirpa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 453, 30. On ða landgewyrpu ... andlang ðara landgewyrpa, 434, 2-4

Linked entry: ge-wyrp

mýðe

(n.)
Grammar
mýðe, (?); pl.

The mouth of a stream

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The mouth of a stream Andlang bróces on ða mýdy; of ðes gemýðon on Ceahhanmere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 25. v. ge-mýðe

scír-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
scír-þegen, es; m.
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Ælfwine abbod . . . and ealle scírþegenas on Hámtúnscíre, Cod. Dip. B. i. 544, 8

cú-wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
cú-wearm, adj.
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Warm from the cow (of milk) Scene fulne cú-wearmre meolce, Lch. ii. 354, 2. Mid cúwearmum [meolcum], 15. On cúwearme meolce, 358, 24

Linked entry: wearm

cranoc

(n.)
Grammar
cranoc, es; m.
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D. vi. 275, col. 2

Linked entries: cornoch cran

eofor-spreót

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For Cot. 200 substitute

Scariothisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scariothisc, adj.

Of Scariot

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Of Scariot Judas se Scariothisca; forðon hé com of ðæm túne ðe Scariot hátte, Blickl. Homl. 69, 5: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 43

on-clifiende

(adj.)
Grammar
on-clifiende, adj.

Sticking to, persistent

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Sticking to, persistent On forhæfednysse and on clǽnnysse fæsthafule and onclyfiende in abstinence and purity constant and persistent, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 37

Linked entry: clifian